When Anya was ten, she and Larisa fled the political repression of Brezhnev-era Russia, arriving in Philadelphia with no winter coats and no right of return. It was a life by turns absurd, naively joyous, and melancholy-and ultimately intolerable to her anti-Soviet mother, Larisa. She sang odes to Lenin, black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school, watched her father brew moonshine, and, like most Soviet citizens, longed for a taste of the mythical West. REGISTER HEREīorn in 1963, in an era of bread shortages, Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. Registration opens October 23rd, 2017 at 9:00am – This is a free event. Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya Von Bremzen Led by Deborah McKnight, TMORA Docent
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